Improved composition wagon-body



iiuted giant @met @Mira Lette/rs Patent No.`-92,611, dated July 13, 1869.

mPRD'VED COMPOSITION WAGON-BGDY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent vanni making part of the same.

To all'fwhom it 'may concern;

Beit known that I, JOHN W. JARBO'E, of Green Point, in the county of Kings, and' State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon or other VehicIc-Bodies,of which the following -is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in'which- Figure 1 represents a view, in perspective, of a wagon-body constructed in accordance with my improvement, and

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in a novel construction of the bodies of wagons and other vehicles, by forming the -sides', back, and dash-board of paper, treated' with a water-proof material, whereby not only lightness and strength, together with durability under exposure to weather, andI facility for varnishing orpolishing, are secured, but said parts are not liable to warp or to chip or break, andthe same' may begot up cheap, and beput together with or without supporting frame- Work.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

a a represent the sides, b, the back, and c, thc dash-board, all made up of hard-pressed paper or paperpulp, treated with any suitable water-proof material,

and put together by dovetailing and screws, or otherwise. The bottom and seat or seats of the vehicle may also, if desired, be made of similar material,

treated in like mannen-or they may be constructed of diierent material or materials.

A good water-proof solution for treating the sides, back, and dash-board, made of paper, as described, andcut to any required form and size, may be made by mixing together the following ingredients, in or about the proportions specified, viz:

Five (5) gallons linseed-oil.

Twenty-tive (25) pounds tar-pitch.

Five (5) pounds rcsin.

Half of one gallon spirits of turpentine.

The whole mass to be heated suldciently to dissolve the r'os'in and forming a liquid solution, which may be applied to the paper parts of the body herein named, either with'thebrush, by dipping, or otherwise.

After the solution has been applied, the papel' should be dried at a temperature of from 1400 to 15()o Fahrenheit.

By this improvement,l all the. advantages hereinbefore vspecified aresecured, namely, cheapness, lightness, strength, and durability under exposureto the weather, with an 'f enlarged capacity forftaking a high polish, and freedom from warping, breaking, or chipping; also, wherebythe dash-board presents a smoothv er and nea'ter appearance than one made ofleather stretched on an' iron frame, and is greatly superior to a woodenone. The dash-board also being made ofthe. same material as the sides and, back, the manufacture of the body of the 'vehicle is greatly facilitated, and a lightness and strength secured for the whole skeleton.

,What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A wagon or vehicle-body, having its sides, back, and dash-board made of paper, treated with waterproof material, substantially as specified. l

` J. W. JARBOE.

Witnesses z' HENRY 'l. BROWN, Enwp. ADAMS. 

